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here in d.c. public schools. >> we'll talk more about the crisis and what we can do to better it, to improve the situation, but first, mr. garrett, i want to give that question to you. do you think the president was too harsh when it comes to d.c. public schools today? >> well, good evening to you. i don't think the president was too harsh. i think he was asked a question and unlike many politicians the president gave a very direct factual answer but follows it up to say that there are great schools that are in d.c. but it just so happens the majority of them are not at this point in time and collectively we need to work together as adults to set aside our issues to ensure we provide a quality education for every child, not only in the district of columbia but also across the nation. >> mr. garrett, some of the things that he implied could be good toward making progress in d.c. public schools, improving the situation, longer school year, merit pay for teachers, firing underperforming teachers. wha
here in d.c. public schools. >> we'll talk more about the crisis and what we can do to better it, to improve the situation, but first, mr. garrett, i want to give that question to you. do you think the president was too harsh when it comes to d.c. public schools today? >> well, good evening to you. i don't think the president was too harsh. i think he was asked a question and unlike many politicians the president gave a very direct factual answer but follows it up to say that there...
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up in d.c. like all y'all. i want this to be the best city in the world especially for our kids. >> we thought we could win it. we feel confident we could win this election. >> polling places ope at 7:00 this morning and will remain open until 8:00 tonight. >> let's see what kind of day we will have for voters. >> tom is here with the latest on the forecast. >> did voting weather. off to a mostly clear start this tuesdaymorning. temperatures in the region are pleasant. it's 68 at the national airport. and in downtown washington, mid-60s. low 60s prince george' county. arlington, fairfax and montgomery near 60 degrees. good weather across maryland for the election. it's in the low 60s and upper 50s on the eastern shore inhe mountains of western maryland and west viinia. near 60 this morning. a few high clouds drifting from the northwest. we'll have quite a bit of sunshine today. a few high clouds fm time to time. highs reaching the low 80s. a bit of a northwest breeze. tomorrow more of the same a
up in d.c. like all y'all. i want this to be the best city in the world especially for our kids. >> we thought we could win it. we feel confident we could win this election. >> polling places ope at 7:00 this morning and will remain open until 8:00 tonight. >> let's see what kind of day we will have for voters. >> tom is here with the latest on the forecast. >> did voting weather. off to a mostly clear start this tuesdaymorning. temperatures in the region are...
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it'd be nice to intervene for kids in d.c. for which the federal government has some responsibility and i think this is where barack obama could use his influence in a very healthy way. we're waiting. >> there's another decision this week. mark zuckerberg, the facebook billionaire decided to donate 100 million to new jersey schools and looks like new jersey governor chris christie might invite newark mayor, cory booker, a democrat, but a reformer to take charge of the newark schools. is that a big development? >> it's a big development not so much because of the money. because we all know that newark schools in particular-- >> are some of the worst in the world. >> some of the worst, but also per pupil, high already in the school and the nice thing about the donation, reportedly it will be conditioned or be targeted to certain reforms, the mayor of newark will be able to use it to expand charter schools and for teacher evaluation systems and so forth. so, it's money targeting reforms that we know can be effective. >> paul: are
it'd be nice to intervene for kids in d.c. for which the federal government has some responsibility and i think this is where barack obama could use his influence in a very healthy way. we're waiting. >> there's another decision this week. mark zuckerberg, the facebook billionaire decided to donate 100 million to new jersey schools and looks like new jersey governor chris christie might invite newark mayor, cory booker, a democrat, but a reformer to take charge of the newark schools. is...
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neil was fately shot last month in northwest d.c. while riding his bike. they say the suspect had been associated with a gang. >>> at 6:05, taking a look at a local politician who died after being hit by an s.u.v. on sunday while riding her bike. she was a green party candidate in the senate race. the vigil will be held at 6:00 tonight in largo. >>> reassuring news about the safety of metro from the head of the national transportation safety board. a house panel was told yesterday that metro took steps to approve safety in last year's deadly redline crash. she ush issued a scathing report rm in what she called metro's safety culture. she said yesterday metro has made clear progress on safety issues. >>> vincent gray appears to have supporters in high places. attorney general holder said he voted for gray. he made the admission after meeting with gray. he also met with michelle rhee whose future remains in limbo this morning. the two metaphor more than an hour at the wilson building and then appeared before the cameras after that much-anticipated meeting. y
neil was fately shot last month in northwest d.c. while riding his bike. they say the suspect had been associated with a gang. >>> at 6:05, taking a look at a local politician who died after being hit by an s.u.v. on sunday while riding her bike. she was a green party candidate in the senate race. the vigil will be held at 6:00 tonight in largo. >>> reassuring news about the safety of metro from the head of the national transportation safety board. a house panel was told...
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d.c. rally last weekend beck the side of to launch the blaze dot com this is a news web site that he says is going to provide the main the stories that the mainstream media doesn't cover so basically it's a web site for the g.o.p. but oh there he have a whole network for that so and a web site dedicated to them it's called fox news and you know just news flash back on that one he's also part of the mainstream media but if you take a look at his new web site you would expect to find at least some coverage of the president's speech tonight about the combat operations and being in iraq seems like an important issue to the american people seemed like something that glenn beck would care about considering how many billions of dollars the government has spent on this but guess what there actually was not a single mention of it on his site when we grabbed this video today there are stories about g.p.s. phones helping illegal aliens a story about a shocking discreet said al sharpton is an elk a ra
d.c. rally last weekend beck the side of to launch the blaze dot com this is a news web site that he says is going to provide the main the stories that the mainstream media doesn't cover so basically it's a web site for the g.o.p. but oh there he have a whole network for that so and a web site dedicated to them it's called fox news and you know just news flash back on that one he's also part of the mainstream media but if you take a look at his new web site you would expect to find at least...
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. >>> another crime wave in d.c. this is hitting people walking down the streets and talking on their phones. not just any phone, specifically the iphone. no one is hurt and police are putting out a warning to users. in recent weeks, there have been a dozen robberies of iphone users. beth parker has more on what is going on. >> reporter: you can read about the new police warning here on your iphone and investigators don't recommend doing that in public. they have seen a string of robberies of iphone owners and one happened here on 19th street and off dupont circle. [ sirens ] >> they had a string of robberies where people's iphones are being taken. >> oh. that is crazy. are you serious? that scares me. >> reporter: even so, you don't have to look very hard to find people doing what police say they probably shouldn't. a lot of people feel comfortable walking around and talking on a cell phone. >> in the middle of the day? yeah, absolutely. [ sirens ] >> and like i want to put my phone away right now. i'm in georgetown
. >>> another crime wave in d.c. this is hitting people walking down the streets and talking on their phones. not just any phone, specifically the iphone. no one is hurt and police are putting out a warning to users. in recent weeks, there have been a dozen robberies of iphone users. beth parker has more on what is going on. >> reporter: you can read about the new police warning here on your iphone and investigators don't recommend doing that in public. they have seen a string of...
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as good an education in d.c. public schools aas they get at private school. he gave this controversial response. >> i'll be blunt with you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public school systems are struggling. now, they have made some important strides over the last self years to move in the direction of reform. >> test scores have jump significantly since d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee took over in 2007 but still less than half of d.c. public school children are reading and doing math at their grade level. >>> developing news from north korea. up next, news coming out of a historical political meeting there about who may some day succeed kim jong il as the leader in north korea. >>> a building collapse in our region leads to a frantic search. we'll check more headline coming up next on fox 5 morning news. ananiges th.ou >>> a building collapsed in baltimore. there were tense moments because awe woman was seen standing out in front of the building when it collapsed. search crews did not find anything
as good an education in d.c. public schools aas they get at private school. he gave this controversial response. >> i'll be blunt with you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public school systems are struggling. now, they have made some important strides over the last self years to move in the direction of reform. >> test scores have jump significantly since d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee took over in 2007 but still less than half of d.c. public school children are reading...
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to the east of that line over on where we are here in d.c., it's fairly mild, , muggy and warm a to the west notify -- west- northwest, it's cooler and more stable and along that mwarm w front is where we're getting showers and even some s thunderstorms firing up and p they will continue through the t evening hours and here's true view. to the south of us, rua ewlot o moisture and coming up out of north carolina and the heaviest should avstay to the east of i- and that being said, we i-have likelihood of more showers, thunderstorms and a potential of heavy rain later this ti evening and during the overnight and a flash flood watch flis in effect for everybody west of the t bay and this will run overnight into early, early tomorrow morning rn and things will dry out for us tomorrow and then we have a chance for more rain coming. mi the complete forecast in just a bit. shawn? aw >> thank you. you can ydepend on fox 5. head to www.myfoxdc.com for up-to- the-minute changes hp-on the n forecast, with live hd radar and a closer look at the stormso rolling through your neighborhood. >>> today,
to the east of that line over on where we are here in d.c., it's fairly mild, , muggy and warm a to the west notify -- west- northwest, it's cooler and more stable and along that mwarm w front is where we're getting showers and even some s thunderstorms firing up and p they will continue through the t evening hours and here's true view. to the south of us, rua ewlot o moisture and coming up out of north carolina and the heaviest should avstay to the east of i- and that being said, we i-have...
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for kids in washington, d.c. for which the federal government has some responsibility. this is where he can use his influence in a healthy way. we're waiting. >> mark zuckerberg decided to donate $100 million to newark new jersey schools, contingent on some reforms. it looks like new jersey governor christie might invite newark mayor, cory booker to take charge of the newark schools stha. a big develop snmt. >> it s not because of the money. we know that. and newark schools are some of the worst in the world. also per pupil spending is hawaii at these schools. we're talking about how money will be spent. nice thing about this donation is reportedly it will be targeted to certain reforms. the mayor of newark will be able to use to it expand charter schools and for teacher evaluation system and so forth. it's -- money targeting reforms that we know can be affected. >> are they going to change? does this have potential all of this momentum to change the way democratic party thinks about education? there have been bi
for kids in washington, d.c. for which the federal government has some responsibility. this is where he can use his influence in a healthy way. we're waiting. >> mark zuckerberg decided to donate $100 million to newark new jersey schools, contingent on some reforms. it looks like new jersey governor christie might invite newark mayor, cory booker to take charge of the newark schools stha. a big develop snmt. >> it s not because of the money. we know that. and newark schools are some...
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but hot temperatures. 75 in baltimore. 79 in d.c. 73 in hagerssown. continue to see cooling tonight. acrrss the region. now that the frontal boundary rain cooled aii. but meandering back north. because we will see it retract ú%at and back north. temperatures to build in. and hot air in from the midwest and takes our temperatures into the lower 90s agaan. %-tomorrow.at the clear out for plenty of sunshine. for thursday. and then you see to friday. more sunshine. warm front pushes through the great lakes. and then the next front starts to approach us. as we get to saturday. sunday that. takes our temperatures back down to where the rain should be for this time of yearr 89 tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. 91 friday with more sunshine. thhn 81 on su saturday with the front pushing thrrugh. get maybe clouds out of the syssem. and on sunday. right now it still looks like maybe we will see mostly cloudy skies. 71. decent day for the game. monday night maybe a few spotty showers in the forecast. >> opportunity came p. you know, i kind of raised my eyebrows. lik
but hot temperatures. 75 in baltimore. 79 in d.c. 73 in hagerssown. continue to see cooling tonight. acrrss the region. now that the frontal boundary rain cooled aii. but meandering back north. because we will see it retract ú%at and back north. temperatures to build in. and hot air in from the midwest and takes our temperatures into the lower 90s agaan. %-tomorrow.at the clear out for plenty of sunshine. for thursday. and then you see to friday. more sunshine. warm front pushes through the...
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mohican son, they are going to be in washington, d.c. mimicking your rally, the very successful rally you had in august. everybody wants to know what you think about that. >> i'm totally cool with anybody -- i mean, look. >> bill: you are cool with it. >> yeah. i mean, let's see, i had a problem with other people having a problem with me just expressing myself in the public space. how could i possibly have a problem with somebody else doing what did i. >> bill: because they are ripping you off. >> that's what they do. >> bill: yeah. >> mocking. did you notice stephen colbert his whole career is based on you? >> bill: is that right? i didn't know that. >> he is mocking you every night. that's what they do. >> bill: that shouldn't be allowed. >> maybe you should get 10%. >> bill: you are talking about money though. i'm glad you brought that up because stewart goes on oprah and he says. this go. >> that's glenn beck. >> yeah? >> he is my money maker. [ laughter ] you know what i call him? >> what? >> a kid's college fund. >> he does. >> bil
mohican son, they are going to be in washington, d.c. mimicking your rally, the very successful rally you had in august. everybody wants to know what you think about that. >> i'm totally cool with anybody -- i mean, look. >> bill: you are cool with it. >> yeah. i mean, let's see, i had a problem with other people having a problem with me just expressing myself in the public space. how could i possibly have a problem with somebody else doing what did i. >> bill: because...
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it will stay in the northeast. 34 in new york. the same in d.c. a little bit cooler for toronto at 28 on thursday. now, for europe today, it's going tosh largely settled and calm. a lot of high pressure areas in place. the exception will be here in the east. that well-developed system remains in place. it will produce showers and off and ondownpours. a couple of light showers moving through the iberian peninsula. for highs today, looking mild and pleasant. 21 in london. 23 for paris. a lot of teens as we look towards central-eastern section. 17 for kiev. 15 degrees in warsaw. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> japanese meteorologists say june through august was the hottest since recordkeeping started 113 years ago. the agency said on wednesday that the average temperature for the period was 1.6 degrees celsius higher. the highest period since recordkeeping began in 1898. the average temperature was calculated based on data from 17 observation points in the country that are relatively unaffected by the heat i
it will stay in the northeast. 34 in new york. the same in d.c. a little bit cooler for toronto at 28 on thursday. now, for europe today, it's going tosh largely settled and calm. a lot of high pressure areas in place. the exception will be here in the east. that well-developed system remains in place. it will produce showers and off and ondownpours. a couple of light showers moving through the iberian peninsula. for highs today, looking mild and pleasant. 21 in london. 23 for paris. a lot of...
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in d.c. i though we had a sound bite there. very curious there, john, the democrat in the race, scott adams tweeted back while miller was picking furniture he was in alaska introducing a plan to get alaskans back to work. the funny thing about it, if you drive around in the streets of washington, d.c., and suburbs there are an awful lot of houses for sale. i don't think miller will have trouble at all once he gets past the election. >> if he gets past the election. a couple points here, joe. number one when you're from far away alaska and the theme of this election year in your state and everywhere else in the country is anti-washington, anti-incumbent, before the election, it's not very smart to be talking about house hunting in washington, d.c. and now to the candidate, mr. miller's point that it was a volunteer who tweeted this, i would say this to mr. miller. you can only use the dog ate my homework excuse once. remember back a couple weeks ago after lisa murkowski lost the primary, there
in d.c. i though we had a sound bite there. very curious there, john, the democrat in the race, scott adams tweeted back while miller was picking furniture he was in alaska introducing a plan to get alaskans back to work. the funny thing about it, if you drive around in the streets of washington, d.c., and suburbs there are an awful lot of houses for sale. i don't think miller will have trouble at all once he gets past the election. >> if he gets past the election. a couple points here,...
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in the last two days, even if you do not know what is in d.c., adrian phen de, -- adrian fenty who was elected there, we have known for years how bad the schools are in the nation's capital. is a shame how bad the schools can be in the nation's capital. e. appointed michele rea she started firing unqualified teachers and bad teachers left and right. she becomes the enemy number one fear in her life is threatened. she is traveling with security. she is the head of the school district and people are threatening her life because of the changes she is making in the city. fenty loss to the other day. everyone thinks that michelle rea is on her way out. >> the very people you thought would have embraced reform were very upset. let me tell you a little bit of what -- i cannot say exactly these things. let me tell you a little bit of what i have seen. our families have gotten so used to having everything taken from them. they try to integrate the schools. they have not seen that happen in lots of places. here comes someone saying i will fire teachers and close a school. people are aware that t
in the last two days, even if you do not know what is in d.c., adrian phen de, -- adrian fenty who was elected there, we have known for years how bad the schools are in the nation's capital. is a shame how bad the schools can be in the nation's capital. e. appointed michele rea she started firing unqualified teachers and bad teachers left and right. she becomes the enemy number one fear in her life is threatened. she is traveling with security. she is the head of the school district and people...
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it was 9% in d.c. and 7% in virginia and 9.6% across the country. porsche is showing off a new hybrid in our area. it's the porsche hybrid s. the first in the series of the automaker goes on sale november 1st for a cool $69,000. yeah, 20% improved fuel system. >> how many people can fit into that? >> just two. >> $69,000. maybe somebody will go in with you. >>> we've got to save money to afford the car so what do you have for us next. >> this will help you a little bit. when go to the postal delivery service and fill out the form. if you make a mistake it's going to actually cost you money. i'll tell you all about it coming up. >>> some drivers learn the hard way it's illegal to text or chat on the cell phone in the district. police pulled over dozens of drivers who are actually spotted talk ing or without a hands free device the check point was conducted at the safety distracted driving summit where they promoted their solutions to the problem. >> the minute you stop the car you're to pull off you can pull up what was sent to you and you can pond.
it was 9% in d.c. and 7% in virginia and 9.6% across the country. porsche is showing off a new hybrid in our area. it's the porsche hybrid s. the first in the series of the automaker goes on sale november 1st for a cool $69,000. yeah, 20% improved fuel system. >> how many people can fit into that? >> just two. >> $69,000. maybe somebody will go in with you. >>> we've got to save money to afford the car so what do you have for us next. >> this will help you a...
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>> it will not be business as usual in washington, d.c. >> chris: that is not answering my question, sir. >> it will not be. listen, you know me. i never asked for an earmark in the 20 years i have been in congress. >> chris: but a lot of your colleagues have. >> i understand it will not be business as usual. >> chris: congressman mccarthy, let's drill down in to the spending cuts that you propose in the document. you talked about cutting nondefense discretionary spending, which is only 16% of the federal budget. and you talk about cutting $100 billion from that pot next year which would amount to a 22% cut, in those programs. you say you want to cut across the board and according to the white house it means 200,000 kids would be kept out of head start, the fbi would cut 2700 agents, and,' government would detain thousands fewer illegal immigrants. >> look, for a guy that started on the head start board of my county for ten years i know that is not true. i'm saying it is discretionary spending and look at what happened across america the last three years, every household had to cut b
>> it will not be business as usual in washington, d.c. >> chris: that is not answering my question, sir. >> it will not be. listen, you know me. i never asked for an earmark in the 20 years i have been in congress. >> chris: but a lot of your colleagues have. >> i understand it will not be business as usual. >> chris: congressman mccarthy, let's drill down in to the spending cuts that you propose in the document. you talked about cutting nondefense...
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our rain deficit is almost 7- inch in d.c. indy, lexington, st. louis, even detroit and buffalo are all in the 70s this morning and that warm summer- like air is headed our way. fall begins tonight at 11:90. today upper 80s to low 90s. 81 by noon. a chance for an afternoon thunderstorm in spots. 89 for the drive home and humidity is creeping up as well. not nearly as pretty as yesterday but this heatwave will only be a few days long. >> we're not complaining. no major incidents at this time. road work at powder mandeville. southbound at 199. moving out to 78 southbound. we have more construction northbound at falls road. southbound at gorge village avenue in virginia 66. man, the lane's look good evening. wide open there to inside the beltway. back to you. >>> fashion week in new york city is the industry's largest event, attracting the world's top designers and models and fashionistas. it just ended but not before a woman got a chance to stroll her stuff on the cat walk. eur. >> reporter: it's the super bowl of hair. >> but at this super bowl the
our rain deficit is almost 7- inch in d.c. indy, lexington, st. louis, even detroit and buffalo are all in the 70s this morning and that warm summer- like air is headed our way. fall begins tonight at 11:90. today upper 80s to low 90s. 81 by noon. a chance for an afternoon thunderstorm in spots. 89 for the drive home and humidity is creeping up as well. not nearly as pretty as yesterday but this heatwave will only be a few days long. >> we're not complaining. no major incidents at this...
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if you're watching us on wrc 4 in washington, d.c., get ready for the holiday season. learn about the history of holiday displays. that's your early morning event of the day. >> get ready for the holiday season? can i just say no. >> we're close. >> 86 days until christmas. >> sometimes the stores don't even wait for the holiday decorations to go away. they already go with christmas. >> that is just crazy. oh, my goodness. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. justin timberlake might be starring in the new movie "the social network." of facebook, justin timberlake says i don't care about my friend's feelings. they can call me and tell me. >>> in an interview with "rolling stone" president obama says his ipod has about 2,000 songs on it, including stevie wonder, bob dillon and the rolling stones. >>> an online poll has named russell brand as the worst dressed man in showbis, followed in second place by teen heart throb justin beber. >>> confirmation that gweneth paltro will be the latest star on the show, they're worried too many stars will
if you're watching us on wrc 4 in washington, d.c., get ready for the holiday season. learn about the history of holiday displays. that's your early morning event of the day. >> get ready for the holiday season? can i just say no. >> we're close. >> 86 days until christmas. >> sometimes the stores don't even wait for the holiday decorations to go away. they already go with christmas. >> that is just crazy. oh, my goodness. >>> now here's a look at this...
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>> in d.c. right now not looking bad. maryland also good. we are seeing a problem in virginia, 395 southbound right now at route one, a pretty bad accident here. all lanes taken away except the right so there will be traffic heading up to that spot so let's take our live shot here on 395 you can see volume. looks like it's moving a little bit better now than when i was watching five minutes ago so slow from washington boulevard down to the scene. moving onto 270, it's going to be looking nice out there as we move onto our mdot camera. german town to clarksburg. everyone moving at speed. mom and dad should be home in no time on this route. travel times for you and some of the spots still bogging travelers down, 66 still can't break this, close to 20 minutes from 495 to 7100. on the inner loop looks like it's getting better, 12 minutes from 270 over to i-95 in montgomery county. back to you. >>> topper shutt is here with the forecast. >> rain is a strong word. we do have a chance for some showers coming up not tonight, though. in fact here's y
>> in d.c. right now not looking bad. maryland also good. we are seeing a problem in virginia, 395 southbound right now at route one, a pretty bad accident here. all lanes taken away except the right so there will be traffic heading up to that spot so let's take our live shot here on 395 you can see volume. looks like it's moving a little bit better now than when i was watching five minutes ago so slow from washington boulevard down to the scene. moving onto 270, it's going to be looking...
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d.c. more than one hundred and twenty retired military personnel warn of ongoing and alarming intervention by unidentified aerial flying objects and nuclear weapons sites artie said rickman has more. perhaps few things say normal or routine more than a daily dose of coffee a cup of calm in what can on any day be out of the ordinary. out of the ordinary like a nuclear holocaust out of the ordinary. let's say there's an attack from where it doesn't matter it could be north korea iran pakistan. if that were to happen nuclear payback wouldn't happen. but. that's the claim made by the men in this room are missiles began going into what's called a no go condition or on launchable essentially they were disabled detailed in this report full of court sanction sworn affidavits the witnesses have described these craft s. disc shaped or cylindrical shape or spherical if you think what's being said inside this building is completely ridiculous you might want to consider something my name's robert hasti
d.c. more than one hundred and twenty retired military personnel warn of ongoing and alarming intervention by unidentified aerial flying objects and nuclear weapons sites artie said rickman has more. perhaps few things say normal or routine more than a daily dose of coffee a cup of calm in what can on any day be out of the ordinary. out of the ordinary like a nuclear holocaust out of the ordinary. let's say there's an attack from where it doesn't matter it could be north korea iran pakistan. if...
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there are terrific individual schools in the d.c. system. that's true, by the way, in every city across the country. >> reporter: d.c. council chairman vincent gray, the democratic nominee for mayor politely objected to the president's cracterization of city schools. >> i did hear the comment. of course we wish he would rethink that. i think we have some excellent schools both in our traditional public schools and our charter schools. i think his daughters would get a first class education. at tend of the day eery parent has to make the decision that's best fortheir children. >> reporter: gray face as nominal election was reassuring business leaders that he will pursue education reform whether he remains as chancellor or not. he's said he'll make no personnel decisions on schools or other jobs until after the november 2 general election. back to you. >> reporter: coming up at 5:30 eun yangtakes a look at education reform, what's worked and what's next. log onto our website to learn more about education nation. >>> more than 100 people were a
there are terrific individual schools in the d.c. system. that's true, by the way, in every city across the country. >> reporter: d.c. council chairman vincent gray, the democratic nominee for mayor politely objected to the president's cracterization of city schools. >> i did hear the comment. of course we wish he would rethink that. i think we have some excellent schools both in our traditional public schools and our charter schools. i think his daughters would get a first class...
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i do the same thing with immigration policy centers in the d.c. d.c. does not hear enough from un meeting. and from members of the community. i urge you to set up a mechanism where you can of regularly get your message to washington, either by going yourself to testify, or sending residents of the county. i can honestly tell you, they do not see enough immigrants in the halls of washington. when i started as an immigration attorney in 1974, i met one of your commissioners. my workload was interesting at that time. it was half family visa. the other half of my caseload were mexican immigrants who had just been arrested. for a period of time, i was the only legal services attorney in northern california who represented low income people. i would interview people who had just been arrested. at night, i would be filling out visa forms for my chinese clients. today, as i said on the board of the asian american justice center in washington, d.c. off, and the locally, and my day job is helping to supervise immigration attorneys at the immigration clinic
i do the same thing with immigration policy centers in the d.c. d.c. does not hear enough from un meeting. and from members of the community. i urge you to set up a mechanism where you can of regularly get your message to washington, either by going yourself to testify, or sending residents of the county. i can honestly tell you, they do not see enough immigrants in the halls of washington. when i started as an immigration attorney in 1974, i met one of your commissioners. my workload was...
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so if you are a voter in d.c. or in maryland, how do you feel if your state went for one candidate but chose another? would you feel disin franchised or is it just a process needed to get rid of the elect oral college? if every state were to sign up, the presidency would be decided by the popular vote. tell us your vote at wusa9.com. >>> still to come, joining the fight. an annual summit surges d.c. neighbors to clean up our local rivers. >>> but first, overlooked savings. you may not know you have the ability to save big right in the palm of your hand. chevy chase bank is becoming capital one bank. with the most locations in the dc area, we figured they could use our help. ♪ down a bit. too much. [ crowd cheering ] [ grunts ] [ garth ] capital one bank. now with the most branches and atms in the dc area. what's in your wallet? >>> well these days we are all trying to save some money and tonight jessica doyle shows us how you could already have hundreds of dollars in coupons from your favorite retailer and not e
so if you are a voter in d.c. or in maryland, how do you feel if your state went for one candidate but chose another? would you feel disin franchised or is it just a process needed to get rid of the elect oral college? if every state were to sign up, the presidency would be decided by the popular vote. tell us your vote at wusa9.com. >>> still to come, joining the fight. an annual summit surges d.c. neighbors to clean up our local rivers. >>> but first, overlooked savings. you...
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the d.c. schools are struggling. terrific individual schools in the d.c. system. >> the president went on to say there are good individual d.c. schoos, you migh have heard. in response, vincent gray defended the quality of education in d.c. >> i wish he would think that because i think we do have excellent schools, both in traditional public schools and charter schools. and i think his daughters would get a fist-class education. at the end of the day every parent has to make the decision they feel is best for their chigz. >> gray said he would not make a decisions about michelle rhee until after the election. >>> president obama goes on the campaign trail today. he is hoping the new bill, would could spark support on his cross country trip. heill hold a backyard rally in richmond today. president obama will head to the youth vote. he will head to the university of wisconsin where young voter turnout is highest. the vice president and chair tim kaine will be attending similar rallies this evening. >>> white house chief of staff will soon decide whether he w
the d.c. schools are struggling. terrific individual schools in the d.c. system. >> the president went on to say there are good individual d.c. schoos, you migh have heard. in response, vincent gray defended the quality of education in d.c. >> i wish he would think that because i think we do have excellent schools, both in traditional public schools and charter schools. and i think his daughters would get a fist-class education. at the end of the day every parent has to make the...
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>> it will not be business as usual in washington, d.c. >> chris: that's not answering my question, sir. >> listen, you know me. i've never asked for earmarks in 20 years in congress. >> chris: a lot of your colleagues have. >> i understand that. it's not going to be business as usual. >> chris: let's drill down to the spending cut pros posed in the document. you talk about cutting non-defense discretionary spending, which is only 16% of the federal budget. and you talk about cutting $100 billion from that pot next year, which would amount to a 22% cut in those programs. you say you want to cut across the board. according to the white house, that means 200,000 kids would be kept out of head start. the f.b.i. would cut 2700 agents. and the government would detain thousand fewer illegal immigrants. >> for a guy who served on head start board in my county for ten years, i know that is not true. i'm saying discretionary spending. look at what has happened across america for the last three years. every household has had to cut back. what has the discretionary spending done? it's increased by
>> it will not be business as usual in washington, d.c. >> chris: that's not answering my question, sir. >> listen, you know me. i've never asked for earmarks in 20 years in congress. >> chris: a lot of your colleagues have. >> i understand that. it's not going to be business as usual. >> chris: let's drill down to the spending cut pros posed in the document. you talk about cutting non-defense discretionary spending, which is only 16% of the federal budget....
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mid-80s in most locations, 88 in philly, in d.c. we should be around 91. i think d.c. will see three days in a row of 90-degree heat so once again you'll turn the air conditioner back on just when you thought you were finally done. the rest of the country, the big warm-up continues out there. especially in areas around dallas to atlanta or orlando, this has been a very hot week and today it will continue. the one area that cools off is arizona. today we could get rain at about 91 so we actually are going to have a tropical depression in the bay of california. it's going to send some of that moisture to phoenix of all places. could have flash flooding the next two days. >> 91 in washington today. >> going to be 94 it looks like thursday or friday. >> wow, late september heat. all right, bill. thanks so much. turn to sports now and start with the heated pennant race. yankees hoping to pad their slim lead over the rays there, bottom of the first, nick swisher, getting things going right out of the box. solo shot to right field in the first inning, 27th home run of the sea
mid-80s in most locations, 88 in philly, in d.c. we should be around 91. i think d.c. will see three days in a row of 90-degree heat so once again you'll turn the air conditioner back on just when you thought you were finally done. the rest of the country, the big warm-up continues out there. especially in areas around dallas to atlanta or orlando, this has been a very hot week and today it will continue. the one area that cools off is arizona. today we could get rain at about 91 so we actually...
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then we have a good yuck up about it in washington, d.c. something that's just not right here it doesn't feel right. >> it's definitely kicking someone when they are down and picking on the underdog rather than someone their own size. if you are look where people are picking grapes or strawberries, lettuce, whatever they are doing, you are talking incredibly long hours bent over on their backs in heat. they are getting money but this is just a few degrees from slavery some people would say. at least indentured servitude. these people are oppressed. >> bill: i think it would have worked dana if they brought in colbert dandy a two or three minute schtick. here is what i learned when i went up there and this is a serious issue and here is how i felt about it maybe done a high grid rather than being a complete colbert person which is what he was. >> right. that would have been better for him and for the issue. >> bill: all right. ladies thanks very much as always. we appreciate. here are the results of our biffle o'reilly.com poll. we asked whi
then we have a good yuck up about it in washington, d.c. something that's just not right here it doesn't feel right. >> it's definitely kicking someone when they are down and picking on the underdog rather than someone their own size. if you are look where people are picking grapes or strawberries, lettuce, whatever they are doing, you are talking incredibly long hours bent over on their backs in heat. they are getting money but this is just a few degrees from slavery some people would...
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in the pouring rain, pepco and d.c. firefighters responded to a problem with an electrical feet. >> there was a smoldering wire. there was smoke coming from manholes. >> the smoke poured out from under ground. the street were shut down. buildings were evacuated. >> a lot of smoke. they had to evacuate. >> in silver spring, 26 passengers were injured when a metro bus rear end another bus. several of the injured were high school students. >> staff and myself came to the same. we realized it of our students suffered minor injuries -- non- life-threatening injuries. >> a tree came crashing down on the school bus. childrenementary school were on board. >> of the glass came to me. >> fortunately, the driver was not hurt, and the children were transported in another bust. you are asked to leave extra travel time today. it might not look that bad now, but every 20 minutes or so that can change with downpours. >> thank you, mike. >>> two virginia, we are keeping an eye armed other areas -- keeping an eye on other areas known to
in the pouring rain, pepco and d.c. firefighters responded to a problem with an electrical feet. >> there was a smoldering wire. there was smoke coming from manholes. >> the smoke poured out from under ground. the street were shut down. buildings were evacuated. >> a lot of smoke. they had to evacuate. >> in silver spring, 26 passengers were injured when a metro bus rear end another bus. several of the injured were high school students. >> staff and myself came to...
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d.c. the democratic nominee gray appears to have supporters in high places. eric holder said he voted for gray. he made the mission after meeting with gray at the building yesterday. he is meeting with the attorney general. he also had a discussion with michelle rhee. they talked about the state of d.c. schools. they did not talk about rhee's future. they will talk about that when they meet again in the next two weeks. >> we will have to wait and see. still ahead, stephen colbert to a trip to capitol hill. we will tell you why. >> and look back at the life of a singer known for his scandalous life. >> a snake pit at the droiiiid. what this droid does will change how you do web connections. this creates a mobile 3g hotspot, powerful enough to fuel multiple devices at will. putting you at the center of your own world wide web. introducing the new droid x. the next generation of does. >> what the board patchy fog. predict what out for patchy fog. . watch out for patchy fog. you know your neighborhood better than i do. keep that in mind when you head out to schoo
d.c. the democratic nominee gray appears to have supporters in high places. eric holder said he voted for gray. he made the mission after meeting with gray at the building yesterday. he is meeting with the attorney general. he also had a discussion with michelle rhee. they talked about the state of d.c. schools. they did not talk about rhee's future. they will talk about that when they meet again in the next two weeks. >> we will have to wait and see. still ahead, stephen colbert to a...
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this is half an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the department of state in washington, d.c. today, we have successfully re- launched direct negotiations between the -- among the united states, israel, and the palestinian authority in pursuit of a final agreement, a final settlement and a just peace, two states living side by side. george mitchell will give a statement and answer a few of your questions, but we still have meetings going on with the parties and will have -- he'll have to return upstairs rather rapidly to rejoin the negotiations. but here's senator mitchell. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. the parties have just concluded the first round of trilateral talks. the meeting lasted about an hour and a half. it began with a plenary session involving the full u.s., israeli, and palestinian delegations on the eighth floor of the state department and then broke to a smaller meeting in the secretary of state's personal office involving prime minister netanyahu, president abbas, secretary clinton, and myself. prime minister netanyahu and president abbas then went
this is half an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the department of state in washington, d.c. today, we have successfully re- launched direct negotiations between the -- among the united states, israel, and the palestinian authority in pursuit of a final agreement, a final settlement and a just peace, two states living side by side. george mitchell will give a statement and answer a few of your questions, but we still have meetings going on with the parties and will have -- he'll...
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. >> oil >>> it is primary day in maryland and the district. in d.c. the voters will cast their ballots in the mayor's race if between adrian fenty and vincent gray. they will choose candidates for several city offices. maryland voters will decide governor and other state, county, and other local offices. >>> the obama administration hopes a federal judge in florida will toss out a lawsuit by that state and 19 others over the new health-care reform laws. they say provisions requiring people to have held insurance or face tax penalties are unconstitutional. >>> d.c. says -- bp says crews of baghdad where drilling a relief well to permanently sealed blown-out oilwell in the gulf. most of the oil that gushed from oil well has been appearing in the sediment at the bottom of the sea floor. >>> to officials of trying to determine what is to blame for the charlottetown on the deadline. it started with an electric the problem that shut down the wheaton station. that situation quickly turned much more dangerous. courtney robinson is live on the scene with the r
. >> oil >>> it is primary day in maryland and the district. in d.c. the voters will cast their ballots in the mayor's race if between adrian fenty and vincent gray. they will choose candidates for several city offices. maryland voters will decide governor and other state, county, and other local offices. >>> the obama administration hopes a federal judge in florida will toss out a lawsuit by that state and 19 others over the new health-care reform laws. they say...
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in a d.c. public school as they do in their private school. president barackbama appeared on the "today" show as part of nbc's education nation series. >> the father of two seemingly bright daughters, i want to know whether or not you think malia and sasha would get the same highuality education at a d.c. private school compared to the elite private academy they are attending now. >> thanks for the question, kelly. and i'll be blunt wi you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public schools are struggling. >> reporter: although critical of the system as a whole, improvemes have been made in recent years. >> now they have made some important strides over the last several years to move in the direction of reform. there are some terrific individual schools in the d.c. system. and that's true, by the way, in every city across the coury. >> reporter: council chairman vincent gray, who was expected to become the mayor-elect in november, said the president's comments are disappointing. >> i did hear
in a d.c. public school as they do in their private school. president barackbama appeared on the "today" show as part of nbc's education nation series. >> the father of two seemingly bright daughters, i want to know whether or not you think malia and sasha would get the same highuality education at a d.c. private school compared to the elite private academy they are attending now. >> thanks for the question, kelly. and i'll be blunt wi you. the answer is no right now. the...
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now to analyze fox news analyst leslie marshall in los angeles and dana perino in d.c. lady, before we get to that ad, i just want a quick assessment. you heard rove and chris wallace. do you think, dana, christine o'donnell can win in delaware? >> sure, she can. i think it will be tough road. it's not going to be easy. and, as karl said, she is going to have to answer a lot of those questions. but could she win? sure. >> bill: would you campaign for her? i don't know whether you would do that or not. i know you are still a republican. would you feel comfortable going in there and campaigning for her? >> you know, i really have only done that for a couple of people that i knew very well and were friends and part of my home state in colorado. i haven't really done a lot of that unlike karl, who has met her, i haven't. one of the things that's interesting to me is that this week people sort of wondered okay, well, why isn't karl or other people just getting in line and supporting her? there is some merit to that but in some ways because she is a relatively unknown, she ha
now to analyze fox news analyst leslie marshall in los angeles and dana perino in d.c. lady, before we get to that ad, i just want a quick assessment. you heard rove and chris wallace. do you think, dana, christine o'donnell can win in delaware? >> sure, she can. i think it will be tough road. it's not going to be easy. and, as karl said, she is going to have to answer a lot of those questions. but could she win? sure. >> bill: would you campaign for her? i don't know whether you...
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doesn't look like it right here in downtown d.c. but we'll find out from tom in just a moment. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. >>> just a few miles to our west there is torrential rain. the last three hours we have seen the surge of rainoving south to north. it is raining hard on interstate 270 from frederick, northern montgomery county. there may be a little bit of rotation in the showers that may be causing strong, gusty winds to come down to the surface as this is advancing quickly to the north. elsewhere, we have some scattered lighter showers around northern virginia, northern neck of virginia, eastern panhandle of weste virginia and shenandoah valley. maybe some isolated flooding and ponding of water through noon time. then drying out this afternoon with highs around 70, rather 80 degrees. then overnight tonight, partly cloudy, near 60 tomorrow. sun tomorow morning. highs into the low and mid-70s. and some rain is likely to move in late wednesday ranch, wednesday night. moderate to heavy rain is likely on thursday. highs in the 70s. then drying out just in time for
doesn't look like it right here in downtown d.c. but we'll find out from tom in just a moment. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. >>> just a few miles to our west there is torrential rain. the last three hours we have seen the surge of rainoving south to north. it is raining hard on interstate 270 from frederick, northern montgomery county. there may be a little bit of rotation in the showers that may be causing strong, gusty winds to come down to the surface as this is advancing...
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yesterday and will start airing in the d.c. market next week. >>> the man expected to bcome the next mayor of d.c. wants to hear from district residents before t november election. during the mon of october vincent gray will host town meetings in each of the city sees wargtds. he wants to hear from citizens abut issues that matter the most to them. >>> as for the current d.c. mayor he's claiming his efforts to fix d.c. schools may have cost him his jobs. achievi education reform comes at a political cost. he made those remarks during an nbc's education nation panel discussion in new york city. helso offered a hint on what he plans to do after leaving office. some supporters believe fenty lost his election bid because voters were upsety school reform. fenty was asked what's next for the two of them? >> well, she's go her potential decision to make but i can tell you what, both of us have seen enorus progress able to be made at the local level and both of us are going to stay involved. we're probably going to be just as much aguy
yesterday and will start airing in the d.c. market next week. >>> the man expected to bcome the next mayor of d.c. wants to hear from district residents before t november election. during the mon of october vincent gray will host town meetings in each of the city sees wargtds. he wants to hear from citizens abut issues that matter the most to them. >>> as for the current d.c. mayor he's claiming his efforts to fix d.c. schools may have cost him his jobs. achievi education...
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taking a look at the temperatures. 81-degrees in baltimore and 79 in easton and 85 in d.c.. now, as we head into the afternoon, we're going closer to 90 degrees and tomorrow, take a look at that. potential record breaking heat in parts of the area. we'll have the forecast coming up in a little bit here >>> bern, thank you. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake is on charles street to announce the kick off of the book festival. it's one of the top literary events. it attracts top publishers and writers. and the festival is tomorrow through sunday. in 2009, it generated 4 1/2 million dollars for the city >>> and not only is the book festival this weekend, but it's also the raven's home opener and ha baa is bash -- harbaugh is confident in flacco. the ravens are still 1-1 on said season. and everyone will be bringing their a game out this weekend as the browns come to town. you can watch the home opener here on wjz-13, sunday afternoon at 1:00. >>> hope we can do it. >> still to come on wjz-13 at noon. why a fleeing suspect ends up asking police for a helping hand. >> and a friend
taking a look at the temperatures. 81-degrees in baltimore and 79 in easton and 85 in d.c.. now, as we head into the afternoon, we're going closer to 90 degrees and tomorrow, take a look at that. potential record breaking heat in parts of the area. we'll have the forecast coming up in a little bit here >>> bern, thank you. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake is on charles street to announce the kick off of the book festival. it's one of the top literary events. it attracts top...
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the mayor says he'll stay in d.c. but doesn't plan to seek another office and says he will find another way to give back to his community. now from battleground maryland. bob ehrlich now has the support of an opponent within his own party. brian murphy received 25% of the republican vote but will now back the former governor. ehrlich moves on to a rematch against democratic incumbent, martin o'malley. >> a man accused of sexual assaulting a woman he met through an online dating service is being held on bond. 34-year-old john evans met the woman through e. harmony. he held her against her will. authorities are asking any other victims to come forward. >> and a springfield man accused of fatally shooting a neighbor over a dispute over a speed bump is due in court. court records reveal the backpack taken from patten contained a smith and wesson resolver with one shot fired. patten is being held without bond. >> only on 7 this morning the discovery channel employees held hostage break their silence. >> they have talked ex
the mayor says he'll stay in d.c. but doesn't plan to seek another office and says he will find another way to give back to his community. now from battleground maryland. bob ehrlich now has the support of an opponent within his own party. brian murphy received 25% of the republican vote but will now back the former governor. ehrlich moves on to a rematch against democratic incumbent, martin o'malley. >> a man accused of sexual assaulting a woman he met through an online dating service is...
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recession in d.c. catering. >> exactly. thank you. good to see you. >> have a good day. >> 6 zagat 50 on this tuesday. let's get to traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey is standing by. >> severe thunderstorm warning in west virginia right now. heavy downpours and gusty wind just east of romney, a west virginia is one i spoke of, but then extended to a severe thunderstorm warning. northern montgomery county still has light to moderate rain with gusty wind. the county's shady and purple in west virginia and western maryland and western washington county, central and eastern allegany county and parts of hampshire county and clipping northern frederick county in virginia. frederick county, va.. the polygon includes the severe thunderstorm warning. the area of yellow and red getting severe thunderstorms with winds up to 60 miles an hour or possible. the storm is pushing off to the north and east at 45 miles an hour. very fast-moving a thunderstorm. in the summertime you typically see the thunderstorms moved at 25 miles an hou
recession in d.c. catering. >> exactly. thank you. good to see you. >> have a good day. >> 6 zagat 50 on this tuesday. let's get to traffic and weather every ten minutes. adam caskey is standing by. >> severe thunderstorm warning in west virginia right now. heavy downpours and gusty wind just east of romney, a west virginia is one i spoke of, but then extended to a severe thunderstorm warning. northern montgomery county still has light to moderate rain with gusty wind....
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when asked if his daughters could get just as good an education in d.c. public schools as they get in private school, the president gave this controversial response. >> i'll be blunt with you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public school systems are struggling. now, they have made some important strides over the last several years to move in the direction of reform. >> test scores have jumped significantly since d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee took over in 2007 but still less than half of d.c. public school children are reading and doing math at their grade level. >>> big chains before you file your taxes. don't expect to get any form uncle sam in your mailbox next year. >> get off the motorcycle. state police. >> a fox 5 follow-up. we have new details in the case of a state trooper captured on camera pulling his gun during a traffic stop. we are coming back after the break. [ female announcer ] why choose between delicious or 100 calories? with yoplait delights, now you can finally have both. two indulgently rich lay
when asked if his daughters could get just as good an education in d.c. public schools as they get in private school, the president gave this controversial response. >> i'll be blunt with you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public school systems are struggling. now, they have made some important strides over the last several years to move in the direction of reform. >> test scores have jumped significantly since d.c. schools chancellor michelle rhee took over in 2007 but still...